In a statement posted on X on June 8, Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna addressed the upcoming meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, warning that the current circumstances surrounding Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency stem from repeated unlawful military actions against its peaceful nuclear facilities.
“IAEA Board of Governors meeting of June – which started today – will address important issues. The present circumstances with regard to Iran nuclear cooperation with the IAEA are a direct consequence of 17 waves of illegal armed attacks by the US-Israeli regime against Iranian safeguarded peaceful nuclear facilities as well as ongoing grave threats. This is unprecedented in IAEA history,” the mission said.
“Responsibility for an internationally wrongful act rests with the perpetrator and cannot be transferred to the victim,” it added.
“The Board must not be instrumentalized to relieve those who carried out these attacks of their responsibility,” the Iranian mission underlined.
“The Board should be cautious on the path forward. Coercion and confrontation do not lead to cooperation. It undermines prospects of a diplomatic solution,” it added.